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WHEN THE MASSES ARE LIVING AS CONJOINED TWINS
To review what was offered earlier regarding this topic:
The mind and personalities are conjoined twins, bringing unspeakable relative horrors when twins are conjoined or when a mind exists and is conjoined with personality identifications.
Conjoined twins are identical twins joined in utero. Approximately half are stillborn, and a smaller fraction of pairs born alive have abnormalities incompatible with life. In the U.S., approximately 4.5% of all children will have fairly serious defects; more common are an assortment of sometimes-less-severe or even minor defects. Most bodies arrive in fairly normal condition, but that is only about the body.
The greater defects will be added as hearsay is shared and minds begin to form. The resulting defect – or Ultimate Sickness – begins to take hold as a result of environmental influences and parental influences and cultural influences all join forces to warp the minds of offspring and to begin filling those minds with an assortment of assigned, false personal identities.
As a result, all persons will eventually suffer from the Sickness which is as debilitating as being conjoined with a twin because that is the case among the non-realized masses.
Also earlier, this were offered for consideration:
Maharaj: “I have no identity (Identity) at all.”
And that worked just fine then and it will work just fine now.
And that worked just fine then and it will work just fine now.
As was the same case with Maharaj, “teaching” of one sort or another has gone on here for forty-seven years. Also as with Maharaj, that included at times the teaching of dogma and at other times the teaching of spiritual principles.
Also, having also been certified to teach psychology in all 50 of the U.S. states, that has happened to some degree but - just as was the case with Maharaj - the focus on the psychological roots of the Ultimate Sickness and humankind’s craziness has been an ever-increasing focal point since 1989.
It was understood long ago that, when sharing pointers, one statement could be made but that an entirely different statement could seemingly be heard by seekers. Statements reached their ears, would be transmitted to their brains, and would then be totally altered by the mind part of their brains.
Often there was a fine line between points offered vs. what was supposedly “understood”; in other instances - even more often - the post-mind-churning process resulted in a statement being turned around 180-degrees from what was said and intended.
So when Maharaj said, “I have no identity at all,” some took that to mean he assumed no personal, relative identities but figured that he had most assuredly assumed “The Identity of The Supreme Self.”
To remove that notion, he would later say that he had also “lost all interest in ‘the Self’.” Yet none of that suggested that he ignored "reality" and supposedly escaped from "reality" and into "Reality." While he noted that the world as misperceived by the masses existed only in the minds of persons, he never claimed that events in his relative existence were not really happening.
As has been shared here many times over a span of many years, the summative statement of non-duality is “I AM THAT; I AM.” It is not just “I AM THAT.” The relative existence is for now. The IS-ness is for now. The AM-ness is for now. To deny that fact would have to involve ignorance at best and full-blown insanity at the more extreme point on the sanity / insanity continuum.
Did “I have no identity at all” imply that Maharaj was suffering from a series of personality disorders including the Dissociative Personality Disorder (P.D.), the Detachment P.D., the Obsessive-Compulsive P.D., and / or levels of psychoses which robbed him of the ability to witness and understand and feel feelings regarding events happening in the relative existence? Of course not.
One site by a supposedly Realized person offers the message that “Nothing is real.” Here, the invitation to that person would be . . .
“In that case, please come with me to the brick wall on the far side of the house here. Now, step off fifteen steps away from the wall. Next, bend your back and lower your head so that your back is parallel with the ground and so that you are looking directly at the ground with the top of your head aimed at the brick wall.
Now, begin running as fast as you can, building up as much speed as possible before your head strikes the wall so hard that you are tossed backwards and land unconscious on the ground. When you come to, I shall check back in and ask, ‘So is that brick wall real . . . or not'?”
Now, begin running as fast as you can, building up as much speed as possible before your head strikes the wall so hard that you are tossed backwards and land unconscious on the ground. When you come to, I shall check back in and ask, ‘So is that brick wall real . . . or not'?”
The non-dual point about real vs. unreal is not about “relative realities” vs. “Reality.” It is about a clear perspective vs. a distorted perspective. Look at the brick under an electron microscope and you will see a moving mass of subatomic particles. They look nothing like the appearance of the brick when perceived with the naked eye. The appearance is not real, but that energy / matter at the core of the brick is quite real.
Among those who miss the actual intent of pointers, the disconnect leads to mental and emotional entrapment, allowing them to behave in ways that are based in ignorance and insanity and in personality disorders, even as they believe that their understanding and behavior is liberating them.
They miss the whole deal, namely, that the process as offered by Maharaj at the end - and the process being offered here now – involves (according to him) “going back” or “reversing to the source in the opposite of the way you came in" in order to understand the way that the cycling of consciousness into manifestation and the cycling of consciousness out of manifestation actually happens.
Then, one can realize – as Maharaj recommended – all that one is not and can eventually be restored to sanity and can be freed from all of the ignorant and insane effects of ignorant and insane programming, conditioning, etc. For far too many who claim to be “Fully Realized“ and who claim to be “The Supreme Self” or even “God,” they have moved out of the frying pan and into the fire, so to speak.
There are times when the commonplace but ever-shifting thoughts and words and actions of the masses experience a break from the suffering which comes with a reprieve in the effects of the Ultimate Sickness.
Again, the non-dual point about real vs. unreal is not about “relative realities” vs. “Reality.” It is about a clear perspective vs. a distorted perspective.
Presently, some are shifting to what might be deemed an "inflection point" of a societal or cultural type.
In math, an "inflection point" involves a diametrical shift which occurs in concavity. In culture, sometimes the ways that a society has traditionally viewed things can "flip," so to speak. Such a happening has been invited by many "non-duality teachers" for ages, and to some degree, it is manifesting now.
One of the greatest hindrances to trying to tear down distorted beliefs involves changing perspectives and perceptions.Little else is so strongly resisted.
I had elevated an influential adult to the level of “hero” when I was in the seventh grade. Later, when I learned the truth – the most unpleasant truth - about him at a time when I was capable of more accurate and far clearer perceiving, I realized how crazy it has been to idolize that person.
Later, that understanding spread to my perspective regarding all things and all persons. No one deserves to be elevated via the assignment of false identities or False Identities, be those involve a "Supreme Self” or “Infinite Self” or “Ultimate Self” or “God” or whatever.
Around the globe, as old perspectives are being questioned and discarded, some of the statues erected to honor those who exhibited beliefs and behaviors which most would agree were quite dishonorable – relatively speaking – are being torn down. The movement which began in the U.S. is gaining momentum around the globe. Consider Winston Churchill for example and the desire of many in the U.K. to dismantle his statues.
Despite his leading their country through the darkest hours of World War Two and being prime minister twice, critics point to his comments on race and some of his actions during both world wars.
Churchill once said that he did not admit wrong had been done to Native Americans or aboriginal Australians. Why? He further exposed his duality-based beliefs: "a stronger race, a higher-grade race, a more worldly wise race to put it that way, has come in and taken their place".
His supporters argue that he was by no means the only person to hold these sorts of views during the period. He also advocated the use of chemical weapons: "I am strongly in favour of using poisoned gas against uncivilised tribes.”
Another criticism is rooted in his part in the famine in India in 1943, during which at least three million people died after Allied forces halted the movement of food in the region - including through British-run India - following the Japanese occupation of Burma.
Hummmm. Maybe not so deserving of adulation after all? Might that not apply to all?
If one's beliefs align with those of the masses, then being conjoined with them in ignorance and insanity is assured. To find a different perspective is vital to being able to realize completely.
To be continued.
There are times when the commonplace but ever-shifting thoughts and words and actions of the masses experience a break from the suffering which comes with a reprieve in the effects of the Ultimate Sickness.
Again, the non-dual point about real vs. unreal is not about “relative realities” vs. “Reality.” It is about a clear perspective vs. a distorted perspective.
Presently, some are shifting to what might be deemed an "inflection point" of a societal or cultural type.
In math, an "inflection point" involves a diametrical shift which occurs in concavity. In culture, sometimes the ways that a society has traditionally viewed things can "flip," so to speak. Such a happening has been invited by many "non-duality teachers" for ages, and to some degree, it is manifesting now.
One of the greatest hindrances to trying to tear down distorted beliefs involves changing perspectives and perceptions.Little else is so strongly resisted.
I had elevated an influential adult to the level of “hero” when I was in the seventh grade. Later, when I learned the truth – the most unpleasant truth - about him at a time when I was capable of more accurate and far clearer perceiving, I realized how crazy it has been to idolize that person.
Later, that understanding spread to my perspective regarding all things and all persons. No one deserves to be elevated via the assignment of false identities or False Identities, be those involve a "Supreme Self” or “Infinite Self” or “Ultimate Self” or “God” or whatever.
Around the globe, as old perspectives are being questioned and discarded, some of the statues erected to honor those who exhibited beliefs and behaviors which most would agree were quite dishonorable – relatively speaking – are being torn down. The movement which began in the U.S. is gaining momentum around the globe. Consider Winston Churchill for example and the desire of many in the U.K. to dismantle his statues.
Despite his leading their country through the darkest hours of World War Two and being prime minister twice, critics point to his comments on race and some of his actions during both world wars.
Churchill once said that he did not admit wrong had been done to Native Americans or aboriginal Australians. Why? He further exposed his duality-based beliefs: "a stronger race, a higher-grade race, a more worldly wise race to put it that way, has come in and taken their place".
His supporters argue that he was by no means the only person to hold these sorts of views during the period. He also advocated the use of chemical weapons: "I am strongly in favour of using poisoned gas against uncivilised tribes.”
Another criticism is rooted in his part in the famine in India in 1943, during which at least three million people died after Allied forces halted the movement of food in the region - including through British-run India - following the Japanese occupation of Burma.
Hummmm. Maybe not so deserving of adulation after all? Might that not apply to all?
If one's beliefs align with those of the masses, then being conjoined with them in ignorance and insanity is assured. To find a different perspective is vital to being able to realize completely.
To be continued.
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with those who are still driven to talk about "god," the "Son of god,"
the "Holy Spirit," "Buddha," "Krishna," etc., etc., etc., the invitation
to them is to view those as verbs, not nouns.
THE EXPLANATION
Yeshu'a (Jesus) and Pope John Paul II and Pope Francis were spot on:
"No one shall ever see 'the kingdom of heaven.' It is within"
THE EXPLANATION
If
looked at as nouns, they point to illusions and are, therefore, a total
waste of time to even discuss; if looked at as verbs which are
resulting in certain sane but rare behaviors among humanity, then they
are worthy of some attention during the relative existence.
Meaning?
There are members of certain groups who say things such as "My concept
of god in the past was of a weak god, an absentee god, A Santa
Claus-type god, a mean, punishing, vindictive god, etc. Today, I am in
close contact with a loving and caring god whom I worship and praise and
glorify and give thanks to."
The
reply to that usually goes like this: "If you are in contact with a god
that wants to be worshipped and praised and glorified, then you're
dealing with someone like yourself - a narcissist - and hanging out with
narcissists will never bring an end to your narcissism (that narcissism
evidenced by the fact that you think you are "godly").
Next,
in the phrase 'loving and caring god,' any supposed god that truly had
her or his act together would tell you that the totally irrelevant part
of that phrase is 'god' and that the only part that is relevant is the
"loving and caring" part.
"That
is, a non-narcissistic their god / their goddess would say, "I care not
an iota about being worshipped and praised and glorified by you or
anyone else. How arrogant and insecure and needy would I have to be to
want that? Forget the man-made, dreamed up noun 'god' and focus on the
'god as a verb' understanding and then go forth and let loving and
caring be verbs - not adjectives - and let them generate the act of love
and the act of caring and let those actions manifest through you."
Yeshu'a (Jesus) and Pope John Paul II and Pope Francis were spot on:
"No one shall ever see 'the kingdom of heaven.' It is within"
--Yeshu'a (Jesus)
and
"Heaven and earth shall fade away."
and
"Heaven and earth shall fade away."
--Yeshu'a (Jesus)
and
"Heaven and hell are not geographic places
and
"Heaven and hell are not geographic places
but are states of mind, nothing more than
concepts dreamed up by men."
--Pope John Paul II
"There is no hell."
"There is no hell."
--Pope Francis, the current pope
in an interview with journalist Eugenio Scalfari,
a writer used by the Pope to issue off the record
teachings which become a part of the Papal Magisterium.
[That
said, would that the popes who have shown the courage to reject a core
concept of their dogma - namely, "hell" - would find the additional
courage required to question the very existence of their institution in
light of the centuries-long cover-up of their history of raping children
and in light of the mental and emotional and psychological scarring of
billions of their members past and present.
And
that need for courage also applies as questions need to be asked about
why so many other sky cults are still being supported and allowed to
continue to exist as well. When certain types of programming and
conditioning have been shown to blind the masses, they should end. Will
they? Not likely. Why?
Because
what the masses think and say and do is most influenced by the
international crime families which hold sway over the masses as
criminals conduct their planet-wide operations. What are the major
international crime families and which are the most influential and have
the largest memberships?
The
Mafia / La Cosa Nostra; the Catholic Church (with it 1.2 billion
followers) whose Vatican Bank worked for decades with the Mafia while
laundering mob earnings (for a 15% all-profit charge by the Bank);
Protestant and Evangelical Churches (with over 1.2 billion followers)
like the one I was raised in where the youth director molested and
sexually assaulted young girls; big business which has long created
environments in which people have been abused; powerful political bodies
like the U.S. Congress, etc., etc., etc.)
With
all of those crime families, neither the followers nor the leadership
ever voluntarily step down or shut down their criminal activities. Be
they gangs, organized crime families, religions, big business,
politicians, etc., they all want control and they all want power and
they all want money, and nothing internal will interfere with the
driving forces at play.
The
masses must demand that all those in charge must step down and their
groups and institutions must shut down, and there's the real problem
because the continuation of their crimes are enabled not as much by the
people running such crime organizations as they are enabled by the
masses of people who - wanting some perceived "payoff" - remain involved
with them and give them money and support them and aid and abet the
continued existence of those criminal enterprises and thus facilitate
the ability of church criminals and political criminals and other types
of criminals to continue to commit their crimes.]
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